New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-18
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MOST LOCKED UP AGAIN.
The GRAND JURY INDICTS HIM FOE IN
CRNDlARY LANGUAGE.
POLICEMEN TOOK NOTES OF HIS SATURDAY NIGHT
spEEcH-MosT TOLD INSPECTOR BYRNEs
HOW HE CAME TO BE AN NARCHIsr

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John Most, the blatant Anarchist of this citv.
was locked up at Police Headquarters again yes
| terday. AS he had been indicted previous to hin
arrest on charge OF making an incendiary speech
there Is prospect that he will serve another Term
of imprisonment in the big gray building ON Black
wells Island.
| While the Anarchists in town were making loud
protests against the hanging Of the condemned
Anarchists in Chicago. the police were instructed
| by Superintendent Murray to keep close watch
| on Most and his associates. On Saturday evening"
| when Captain NcCullagh of the Fifth street
| Squad. learned that five cOffins had been carried
| into hail at FIrst-st. and SecODd-ave. and pre-
vented mock funeral there, Most made stormy
speech at meeting of Anarchists in East Seventh
st. The fact that Most expected to address the
meeting was known to the police. and Supern.
| teudent Murray had caused two German pOIIcemen
| to be sent to the meeting in plain clothes. In tho
| disguise of Anarchists the officers were able to
| take careful notes of what Most said. Reporters
who were present also made reports of tbe speech
| which bristled with threats. Most afterward de-
ued that he had used the language published. and
he threatened to bring libel suIt Mr.. Murray got
reports from the detectives and placed tue case in
the hands of Inspector Byrnes, who consulted with
District Att Orney MARITIME.
THE DETECTIVES GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY
to hear the testimony of Policemen Rotn and
Sachs, of Captain McCulagh's precinct.
Inspector Byrnes at the District
Attorneys Office at an early hour and
had long consultation with Mr. Marine.
The Grand Jury ordered an indictment as soon as
the testimony of the policemen had been gIveu.
Deplty Assistant DlstrIct-Attorney Linlsay drew
mp bill of Indictment; 1t was sianed By the fore
man. and early in the Afternoon was delivered to
Judge Cowing n open court. A beach warrant
was i'm ncdIatey ordered
The Indictment charges that on November II
Most, being an ev-dsposed III perncIous per-
son and OF most wicked ald turbulent di p0 lto'.'
did assemble with fifty other persons of like
description intending to disturb the pub
lie peace and excite dlscontent and dis
affection and to incite the "gooi ctizels'
of this State and county to hatred and
contempt of the Government and to raise iusur-
rectIons rios, AMI unlawful assemblies. Ii fur
ther charges that wnen Most and MS companions
wele assembled they thre ltene TO RAISE lnsurrec-
tons and riots ald to kill and murder citizens and
to obstruct the laws and to procure arms aid am-
munlton with which to execute their purpose.
MOST WENT QUIETLY TO HEADQUARTERS
Detectlve-sergeants had been watching the An
archis leader, by order o Inspector Byrnes. TO
prevent his escape from he cty. About Detect
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Roth and Sachs went to Mosts paper office at
No. l67 WllIam-st. and arrested him. Most had
just ordered luncheon OF beer and Irish stew, but
he consented TO 90 to Police Headquarters at once,
Ouly staying IN the office long enough to seud
message to his counsel. William +. Howe.
! In the Detective Bureau MosC had a long talk
with Inspector Byrnes In reply 10 the Inspectors
inquiry AS to what Anarchists thought of the
tions in Chicago. Most said that the hanging was
! an outrage When lie was working At bodybuilding
years ago, he SAID. he noticed that the bosses got
mos OF the money, ana that ed HIM to ponder over
the facts until he became an Anarchlst. He be-
Ieyed hat capitalists were curse 10 the country.
/ WOrkmen shou have control of all kinds of work
+ and be able 10 divide the profits.
When asked If lie favored the use Ofdvnamife,
Most SAID that II the Anarchists CO aid not get
justice oy fair means they might not directly en-
courage vio ence, but they surely woud not hud
fauit with any persons who used dynamite. 1t was
nonsense to suppose that Lingg was converted to
Anarc v by hi, VIKINGS. Most said. Lingg was an
! Anarchist of note before he left Germany.
| HE SAYS TIE REP Rrs OF HIS sPEEC ARE FALSE.
TO the Inspector and 10 reporters who saw HIM
Most said that the alleged rep ,rts in the newspa-
pers of hi, speech saturday evening were false
from beginning 10 end. He expected to be able to
show in court thai there a conspiracy the
part OF certain persons to get rid of him Decau-e he
was recognized leader of the Anarchists IN the
| East.
Lawyer Howe went TO Headquarters ana had q
consultation with Most. Insprcto, Byrnes said
! that the prisoner would be taken be ore Judge
COwlng at III a. m to-day, and Mr. Howe SAID he
wou.d maks motion al t1at time to have Most
admitted o bail. In the Inspectors Office hangs
cravun sketch Of Most as he )peared The time
OF his arresl m Alen-st. on April 80, 1886. Most
is pictured IN the act OF crawIMg from under Lena
his iers bed. vs. the Anarchist was talking with
the Inspector Yesterday his eye fell on the PIC ure
and he inquired: wv nat Is thatf Then re waved
his hands before his face to express his dislike OF
/ tho artis' who had drawn The picture.
After all of Mosts pockets had been explored for
bombs without the discovery of anything danger
ous. he was tucked away IN cell Tor he night
He dId appear to be gre"tlv disturbed on ac-
! count of h,s arrest. aud there was sneer on his
repnlsivc-lOoking fIce wnen he met a group or
/ reporters in the Detective Bureau. His clothing
was of 90 ID quality and fitted him we'll. lie wore
b ack Prince bert coat and waistcoat TO
match. vita PAIR of light coor"d trousers.
Policemen Roth and Sachs who heard him speak
at the Seventh-st. mect q. took notes III German
as full as possible, considering that they are not
horthanG writer's. They saw that the published
translation of his speech is substantially correct
WHAT MIR. MARITIME SAYS.
DistrIct-Attorney MARITIME said that he had
nothing TO add to the facts developed by tho
proceedings against Most. lie had considered the
mat cr and 1t had been thought best by the
authorizes that action should be taken at the
present time He said that the arrest
/ had been made before q bench warrant was issued
order hat there should not be any failure To Sc
cure the person who was accused. The prosecuting
officials did wish TO make any failures III such
.
sa section OF the law AS that under which he mas
been once tried and convicted. lie was accused or
using mcendary language at meeting
held in April. 1856. and was tried
before Record r Smyth. He III de long argument
IN his own defence The Recorder sen epced lin
to one years imprisonment IN tine PentenIary and
a tinn of SJOO-the nj chest penaiCy prov ded tor
the otleuce lie served his term except two months
allowed for good behavior. aud his tne was paid.
HOW THE ANARCHISTS TOOK THE NEWS.
THEY SAY THE ARREST WAS AN oUTRAGE-FEW
sYMPATnIZ WITH THH PRISONER.
The arrest OF Most caused considerable excitement
among his Anarchsc friends and the Socialists IL
also complete surprise them. for they had idea
that the police would lake any notice of his senseess
rawlings. The arrest locked upon an outrage by
the Anarchists and Socialists alike and the general
preston Of feeling that he had been
falsely accused However that may be- strong